The Los Altos Police Department welcomed three new Los Altos Disaster Service Worker Volunteers (DSWV) Dec. 17. Residents Matt Mow, Dianah Marr and Keith Lantz, completed more than 20 hours of online and in-person Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training offered by the Santa Clara County Fire Department before being qualified to join the DSWV.
CERT training focused on disaster response knowledge, like search and rescue, injury assessment and treatment, building and infrastructure assessment and hazardous conditions assessment.
There are currently 120 other residents who are DSWVs.
The new DSWVs are members of Resilient Los Altos, a group of more than 300 residents who are block action team leaders, CERTs, and/or amateur radio operators improving emergency preparedness.
Resilient Los Altos is an incubator program of the Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation.
To learn more about RLA, see resilientlosaltos.org.
